AS Saint-Etienne vs Lens - who is the better team?

Currently Lens has a better 1vs1 performance index with 280. AS Saint-Etienne has 41 goals and Lens has a total of 55 goals. Our opinion is that currently Lens would win the match.

• At the moment AS Saint-Etienne has the better defense. Through the entire team they have a total of 1715 interceptions and 73 blocks.
• In AS Saint-Etienne the two top defensive players are Mahdi Camara and Mathieu Debuchy.
• In Lens the two top defenders are Loic Bade and Jonathan Gradit.
• Based on this statistics we believe that AS Saint-Etienne has currently the best defense.

Evaluating the strength of a teams midfield is not easy. At 1vs1 we look at a value called Pass Progression Value (PPV). We measure the ability of players to play the pass into dangerous zones and to create chances. Lens has a PPV value of 0.2 and AS Saint-Etienne has a value of 0.17. Within the team of Lens Jonathan Clauss has a total value of 0.71 and in the team of AS Saint-Etienne the best player is Miguel Angel Trauco Saavedra.

• To analyse the best strikers of teams we look at the amount of goals, shots on goal and an interesting metric called expected goal value (Xg value – measure who the probability of a chance to turn into a goal.)
• AS Saint-Etienne has scored in this season so far 41 goals and 135 shots on goal. Lens scored 55 and 137 shots on goal.
• The two best players of AS Saint-Etienne are Denis Bouanga with 7 goals and Wahbi Khazri with 7 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 11 and 3.67.
• The two best players of Lens are Gael Kakuta with 11 goals and Florian Sotoca with 8 goals. Their expected goal value per 90 minutes is 10.2 and 10.25.
• Our opinion is that Lens has the better offensive players than AS Saint-Etienne.

Based on all statistical information we believe that currently Lens is the better team. Please feel free to discuss with us – the comment box is below. We will be happy to reply.